Writing instrument holder



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I INVENTOR. HERMAN BAETZING "M; W ATTORNEY United States Patent WRITING INSTRUMENT HOLDER Herman Baetzing, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application January 4, 1954, Serial No. 401,828

2 Claims. (Cl. 224-26) This invention relates to holders, and particularly to holders for carrying writing instruments and the like upon the person.

An ob ect of the invention is to form an improved and useful holder for writing instruments and the like.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved and useful combined pen and pencil holder of the type that may be carried upon the belt of a person.

Still further objects of the invention are to provide a holder having a pair of compartments, each adapted to hold a writing instrument or the like, a holder that can be carried upon the belt of a person, has a cover to retain the instruments in their compartments, and which can be formed without stretching, heating or moulding any of the parts thereof.

With these, as well as other objects in view, the invention comprises certain constructions, methods, and arrangements of parts, hereinafter described and which will become apparent as this specification unfolds in greater detail and as it is read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings, wherein like parts are identified by the same reference numbers,

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of a combined pen and pencil holder embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a rear elevational view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view;

Fig. 4 is a further front elevational view;

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a blank from which the holder may be formed;

Fig. 7 is a detail of the compartment forming elements;

Fig. 8 is a detail of the partition element;

Fig. 9 is a detail of the upper portion of Fig. 6 but with the elements shown in Fig. 7 secured thereon; and

Fig. 10 is a front elevational view of a modified form of the invention.

Now, referring to the drawings there is disclosed in Figs. 6 to 9 the parts from which the completed holder as shown in Figs. 1 to 5 is formed. The holder includes a front wall 1, a bottom wall 2, right and left side walls 3, a back or rear wall 4, and a covering flap 5. The flap is provided with a snap button 6 engageable with a male element 7 on the face of the front wall. Integral with the rear wall is a loop formation 8 through which a belt may be passed for carrying the holder. The front wall is spaced from the rear wall by means of an element 11, which element also partitions the holder off into a pair of compartments 9 and 10. The element 11 is attached at its rear to the rear inner portion of the holder, and at its forward end, to the inner face of the front wall. Each compartment is adapted to receive and hold a pen or pencil, or the like. The holder is designed to be carried upon the belt of a person by slipping the belt through the loop 8. The flap covering 5, when snapped in place, serves to prevent the writing instruments from bouncing out of the case during running or other activity of the wearer.

The holder is formed of suitable material, preferably leather. The body of the holder including the flap 5 and the bottom, side, front and back walls, 1, 2, 3, and 4 respectively, is formed from a single blank of material, as shown in Fig. 6.

In forming the holder after cutting out the general shape of the blank shown in Fig. 6, a rectangular blank of material 12, as in Fig. 8, is taken and slit as at 14 along the center line substantially one-third of the length thereof in from the opposite edges. The blank is then folded upon itself along the center line to bring the center one- "ice third portions 15 of each half of the blank together. The portions 15- are then adhered together to form a rib 16. the upper one-third sections 17 are then bent away from one another and at right angles to the rib, the same is done with respect to the lower sections 18, whereby this constructlon a double Td element 11, as in Fig. l, is formed and 1s used in dividing the holder into the compartments 9 and 10.

Next, a rectangular blank 19, the width of which is equal to that of the rear wall 4 of the holder and the length of which is greater than that of the notches 20 contained in the rear wall, is slotted as at 21 in along the center of the blank to about midway thereof and from the lower edge. 'l'he rib 10 of the element 11 is moved into the slot in such manner that the lower branches 1a tnereor are positioned to abut against the underrace or the blank 19 and are adhered to it. A second blank 22 of a width and length equal to that or blank 19 1s provided to cover the branches to as Well as the underside of the blank 19. the upper margmal edge or blank 22 is adhered to the underside of blank 19 a short distance in from the upper edge or the latter so as to provide blank 19 with an overlapping margmal edge as at 23.

the overlapping edge 1.: of blank 19 is then adhered to the inner race or the back wall 4 ust above the notches 20, whereby a free space is formed between the part :5 or the rear wall and the lowermost blank 22 providing a loop 101 the reception of a belt to carry the holder.

next, forming or the side walls 3 IS started by folding the sections J along the broken line 24 and down upon the inner race of the front wall. The marginal edges or the front wall is secured to the marginal edges of the side walls by stitching 2: along the marginal edges of the rum lines. 'l'hls construction stmens as well as shapes both the front and side walls. in completing the formation of the side walls, the blank in Fig. 0 is folded upon itself along the center hne 26 of the bottom wall. ln this operation the bottom wall is formed and the side walls are completed.

The rounded corners 2'] of the back and side walls are aligned together. the tree edges 26 of the side walls are aligned Wllll the corresponding edges of the rear wall. These edges are then stitched together, as indicated at 29, completing the forming of the side walls.

in the operation of folding the front wall upon the rear wall, the upper inner face of the front wall contacts the upper branches 17 of the element 11, and to these branches the inner face of the front wall is adhered. The rib portion 16 of element 11 in this arrangement serves to hold the front wall spaced from the rear wall of the holder and it also divides the holder into a pair of adjoining compartments 9 and 10, each adapted to hold a pen or pencil, or the like. The branches 17 and the rib 16 further servle to stiffen and to give a flat appearance to the front wal lt is to be noted (Figs. 2 and 4) that the lower portions of the blanks 19 and 22 are contained between the front and rear walls. The stitching 29 is carried up beyond the front wall and over both blanks 19 and 22. As the stitching passes the notched sections 20, the latter two blanks alone are stitched together free of the portion 8 of the rear wall. By this construction the belt loop 8 is formed.

A feature of the blank in Fig. 6 is the construction that permits the formation of the bottom wall 2. It is to be noted that the lower edges of the side walls at 30 are separated a short space from the lower marginal edges of the rear wall and that the bottom wall is but an extension of the front wall connecting or bridging the front and rear walls together. By this arrangement, in the folding of the front wall upon the rear wall along the center line 26 of the bottom wall, the problem of wrinkles or surplus material projecting at the outer edges of the bottom wall is eliminated. A further advantage in forming the front and rear walls allows for expansion of the compartments 9 and 10 at the bottom thereof upon the placing of a pen or pencil therein.

The snapper elements 6 and 7 are secured in suitable holes 31 in the blank of Fig. 6.

In Fig. 10 is shown a modified form of the invention which is adapted to hold a single writing instrument, or the like, and which therefore does not require the spacing element 1 1. is not designed to be carried upon the belt, it does not require the notches 20 nor the blanks 19 and 22. Otherwise, this form of the invention and the method of making it is similar in all respects tothat described above.

Having described and illustrated my invention, 'it is my intent, however, to claim the invention not only as described and illustrated but also in all such forms and modifications thereof as may be reasonably construed to be within the spirit of the Letters Patent and within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a pen and pencil holder, comprising a blank having spaced front and rear walls for the pen and pencil, side walls, and a bottom wall connecting the rear wall to the front wall, a flap extension of the rear wall arranged to provide a top covering for the pen and pencil when folded over and including a female snapper element engageable with a male element on the front wall for latching the top covering in position, the rear wall of the blank including a pair of notches in opposite edges thereof, and a second blank secured along its upper edge to the inner face of the rear wall above the notches and secured along, its lower edge to the inner face of the rear wall below the notches, whereby such arrangement a loop adapted to receive a belt to carry the holder is formed between the first and the second blanks and the notches serve as a guide to passing the belt through the loop, wherein the free edges of the side walls are aligned with the free edges of the rear wall and are stitched thereto, and the opposite edges of the side walls are defined by stitched foldedportions common to both the front and the side walls.

2. In a pen and pencil holder, comprising a blank having spaced frontand rear walls for the pen and pencil,

Further, because this form side walls, and abottom wall connecting the rear wall to the front wall, a flap extension of the rear wall arranged to provide a top covering for the pen and pencil when folded over and including a female snapper element engageable with a male element on the front wall for latching the top covering in position, the rear wall of the blank including a pair of notches in opposite edges thereof, and a second blank secured along its upper edge to the inner face of the rear-wall'below the notches whereby such arrangement a loop adapted to receive a belt to carry the holder is formed between the first and the second blanks and the notches serve asa. guide to passing the belt through the loop, wherein a third blank is secured to the inner face of the second blank and includes a slot extending from the middle and out to the lower edge thereof, an H-like element is disposed horizontally on its side in such manner that the lower arms thereof are secured intermediately of the second and third blanks, the cross bar of the H-like element projects out-ofthe slot and the upper arms thereof are secured to the inner face of the front wall, whereby such arrangement the holder is divided into a pair of compartments each adapted to hold a pen or pencil and the front wall of the'holder is held spaced from the rear wall a definite distance.

References Cited inthefile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,388,073 Stewart Aug. 16, 1921 2,007,697 Usher July 9, 1935 2,415,208 Greenberg Feb. 4, 1947 2,475,107 Newsom July 5, 1949 2,592,059 Nederostek Apr. 8, 1952. 

